Art HERstory: Rosemarie Trockel

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Art HERstory: Viola Frey
Once upon a time the most of our worries were staying inside the lines when coloring, remembering what number came after 8 when counting, and spelling our names correctly. When asked what they want to be when they grow up, the majority of 5...

Art HERstory: Gillian Ayres
Imagine a world where a Bachelor's degree wasn't the equivalent to a high school diploma. Strange huh? These days you can't land a gig with a 5 figure salary without a sheet of paper saying you completed 4 additional years of note taking. London girl Gillian Ayres...

Art HERstory: Idelle Weber
Throughout American history, being born with boobs has provided a one way ticket to second-in-command. Women haven't ever gained equal societal acceptance despite our equal abilities. Some women give up and accept what's given to them, while others say 'screw that'...

Review by Colin Herd At the heart of this extensive survey of Rosemarie Trockel's works on paper is a corner-wall of the central gallery devoted to Perspex cabinets displaying what must be about a hundred of Trockel's "book drafts". These books, which Trockel has produced in half-formed,...

Art HERstory: Linda McCartney
We've all heard the saying 'behind every great man is a great woman.' That's fine and dandy but what about the women who can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with their guy, no leaning needed? Anyone breathing can readily identify Paul McCartney, but not many are...

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Art HERstory: Nancy Holt
Since the beginning of time man and nature have been interconnected. In our industrialized societies it may sometimes slip our minds, but whether we like it or not we affect each other. Nancy Holt (1938 -) devised a way to illustrate this...

She's definitely worthy of the Art HERstory hall fo fame.
Most of Beryl's depictions are of people she observes in the warmer months of the year. She stored memories from her outings and sat down to paint them during the boring winter days. A place she frequented for inspiration was the pub...

Art HERstory: Lila Katzen
Don't get me wrong, the natural world is beautiful. Trees, mountains, birds, and men are all quite visually appealing. Despite the attractiveness of reality, abstract artists choose to steer clear of recognizable reality and focus more on what you see (colors,...

Art HERstory: Yayoi Kusama
Everyone isn't meant to be creative. Luckily for society, there are a few 'creative geniuses' scattered among the workaholic drones of the world. Japanese avant-garde sculptor, painter, and novelist Yayoi Kusama (1929 – ) sees the world covered in what she calls...

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Art HERstory: Joan Mitchell
Finding something you love to do is a priceless accomplishment. Some work diligently strictly for a paycheck, while other make pocket change doing what they feel they were born to do. That's the way I feel about writing. The sheer tasks of...